Second tourney, second cash

Just on my way back from the Vietnam APT, I think you might be here because of my click bait folding Kings preflop. So let's not waste time and jump into it.

We are about 50 spots away from the money on day 3, with 664 runners in the whole tournament. I have not had one big pair in 3 days. Finally I look down on KK under the gun. Blinds were 3000/6000/200. Standard open was 15000 so I did that (125k effective). UTG +2 had 220k and asked me for a count.

If anything, the food in Ho Chi Minh is so good

A bit of background about this guy. He seemed to be a relatively new player. Knew his poker terms, Vietnamese local (pretty gambl-y overall), young hot headed guy, would tank fold KQo to a firm 3 bet preflop. Anyway after asking for a count he announced all in almost immediately. Everyone folded until BB who tanked for a while and folded. This was the moment I was waiting for, to double up with a premium hand and sail comfortably into the money. But I sense super strength. Sure he might do that with AK, KK, QQ, but based on his previous play, and physical tells I can sense that he is super strong.

To cut the story short, I folded face up. He then showed me an ace. He didn't tell me what other card he had, and others commented he might have AK AQ to tilt me. But I was happy with my fold. If he had AK or AQ, why wouldn't he show me the other card? That would put me on super tilt and make him look so good, making Kings fold. I concluded that he had Aces. What do you think? Later when we were ITM, everyone was super happy and celebrating, I asked him and he said he had aces.

The tournament turn out far exceeded expectations, which caused some chaos with chips, tables, events etc but overall I would say the APT team did a pretty decent job in spite of the challenges. It was a fun tournament and comparatively soft field. Unfortunately I only managed a small cash and after deducting my donation amount I still made a loss. But I had a lot of fun and the money went to a good cause. Nevertheless it was my 2nd main event cash of the year so I am 2 for 2 so far. Pretty happy with that. I also made the final day of the high rollers but fell 11 spots shy of the money running AQ into KK.

Next stop Baby Dragon and Red Dragon!